New year marks time to usher in era of peace, friendship among all people, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The world is not saved by threatening violence or by judging, oppressing or getting rid of others, Pope Leo XIV said. “Rather, it is saved by tirelessly striving to understand, forgive, liberate and welcome everyone, without calculation and without fear,” the pope said during Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica for the…